Episode 542

Why AI is Giving Women the “Ick”

There’s something decidedly creepy and uncannily familiar about the AI agents we’re being sold.

Bossed Up · Emilie Aries | Bossed Up

March 31, 202623m 23s

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Show Notes

Does using AI to optimize your schedule or do your research give you a distinct sense of unease? There’s something innate keeping women from incorporating new automation tools into their workflows, and it’s not just a lack of interest. Many are describing it as actual repulsion, and I want to understand why.

Women are facing a double disadvantage: they’re more likely to lose their jobs to AI, and they’re less likely to get jobs that the AI revolution will create. That significant gender gap deserves much closer exploration. So let’s dig deeper into why so many women are saying no to automated agents and what that means for our impending AI future.

Let’s unpack why AI is giving women “the ick” together, including:

How the billion-dollar AI industry highlights the invisible nature of “women’s work”;
Why women are perfectly positioned to see an often-overlooked truth about AI
What the studies say about why women aren’t adopting AI as readily as men;
Why the transformation to ideal AI agent manager isn’t going to happen overnight.

Topics

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